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REPRIGERATING DISH COVER. No. 293.0%@` Patented Peb. 5, 1884.

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REFRIGERATING DISH-COVER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,074, dated February c5, 1884.

Application led November 15, 1583. (No model.)

To cI/ whom. it may concern:

Bc it known that LALFRED C. Incon, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedV a new and useful Improvement in Refrigerating-Covers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Myinvention relates to an improvement up on the ordinary manner of cooling and hardening .butter when contained in au ordinary hutten dish for table use. Ordinarily, as is well known, the ice is contained in the same receptacle or tray as the butter, and, being exposed freely to the air, melts rapidly, and sometimes iills o'r even overiiows the tray, and tends to damage the butterboth in quality and appear- My invention consists, first, in an ice-recep tacle connected to the cover of a butter-dish, and having a removable top; further, `in the `combination,with a butter-dish and its cover,

ot' a flanged intermediate cover, a conical icechamber, and a removable top; further, in the combination,with a butter-dish and its cover, of an intermediate removable ice-receptacle, and means for attaching to it the cover of the butter-dish, so that both can be removed together; further, in the construction of various parts of the device, as will be fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Figure lis a side elevation of a butterdish,with myimprovement represented in position. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a modification showing different forni ofice-case. sents a'section of cover, with modified form of ice-chamber.

I shall rst describe my invention as applied to butter-dishes now in use, and afterward a construction intended for new dishes.

A represents the bowl, and B the cover, of an ordinary butter-dish. These parts may be made of solid .or plated ware, or of glass or earthen ware, as may be desired. The cover of a butter-dish is always approximately conical in shape, as the butter is never contained wholly within the bowl.

C is a removable intermediate coyer,which, in this form of construction, contains the icereceptacle. The base of this cover c is or" cylindrical forni, and is hollow, as shown. Flanges Fig. et also repred-d are formed on the base, between which fits loosely the edge of the butter-dish, the flanges being placed at such a distance apart as to allow for various sizes of the dishes. To the flat top plate, e, of this cylindrical part is sol-r dered or otherwise secured the ice-ehaniber E. This chamber is of frusto-conical form, and is provided with a screw-top, E', the removal of which permits the ice to be -placed in the chamber. Upon the side of the removable cover are secured spring-catches f, which project, as shown, over the edge oi' such cover. The cover proper, B, of the butter-dish rests on the top plate, e, and is held in place by the spring catches. The whole cover and icechamber thus secured together may be lifted off the dish like an ordinary cover, since the screw top or lid to the ice-chamber makes it practically water-tight, and there is no danger of leakage. It will be observed that a nonconducting air-space is thus formed between the cover B and the ice-chamber, which prevents the access of warm airto the latter, and Y thus economizes in icc.

The attachment of the supplemental cover does not in any way detract from the appear-Y ance of the butter-dish. In silver and plated dishes the ice-receptacle is entirely concealed and only the cylindrical portion c exposed in the form of a band around the dish,which may be highly polished or plated, or ornamented in any other desirable style. Where the butter-dish has a glass cover the ice-receptacle would be visible through the glass,and in that case would be ornamented in such a manner as to produce a pleasing eiiect. It will, however, be evident that the ordinary dish-cover might be dispensed with, the supplemental cover supplying its place.

I have shown in Fig. 3 a modified' i'orm of ice-chamber adapted to be suspended from and within the cover B.

G represents a conicalivessel having a screwthreaded top, b. Upon the top is a staple,c, which engages with a hook, d', in the top oi' the cover. The icechamber isfin this manner entirely concealed, and the coverlfitsupon the dish in the usual manner. An air-space is formed, as in the former construction, between the ice-chamber and the dish-cover.

I have thus far described my invention in its application to butter-dishes already in use.

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My improved dish-cover, however, is illus-'l 2. The combination, Withthe butter-dish trated in Fig. 4. Here the cover is provided with ahorizontal partition, H, so thata cham: ber is formed in the top of the cover to contain the ice. I is a screw cap or cover-through which the ice is introduced. 'Ihc chamber thus formed is practically a part of the dishcover. e

I have found that by the use of my invention butter may be kept hard and cold at the warmest temperature.

I do not limit myself to any special construction of any of the details-such as the spring-catches or suspending,` devices-as various forms may be employed;

Having described my invention, I claim- I. In combination with the cover of a dish, an ice-receptacle provided with a suitable cover,and connected to the dish-cover Within thesame and above the contents of the dish, substantially as described.

and its cover, of an ice-receptaclewithin the cover, and an air-space between the ice-receptacle and cover.

3. The combination, with a buttendish, of the flanged intermediate cover, C, having` the ice-chamber E connected therewith, and the Whole connected to the butter-dish cover, substantially as described.

4. The combination, With the intermediate cover, C, having the ice-receptacle and the catches, of the main cover B, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oftwo sub-y scribing witnesses.

ALFRED C. PECOR.

lVitnesses:

L. IV. SEELY, J. B. THOMPSON. 

